[2576] in Privacy_Forum
[ PRIVACY Forum ] The Rutgers Webcam Suicide Verdict
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Fri Mar 16 17:30:33 2012
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:22:27 -0700
To: privacy-list@vortex.com
Message-ID: <20120316212227.GA23301@vortex.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Disposition: inline
From: PRIVACY Forum mailing list <privacy@vortex.com>
Reply-To: PRIVACY Forum mailing list <privacy@vortex.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Errors-To: privacy-bounces+privacy-forum=mit.edu@vortex.com
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
The Rutgers Webcam Suicide Verdict
19-year-old Dharun Ravi has been found guilty on most counts associated
with the webcam spying on his Rutgers roommate, who committed suicide.
This is a complicated case but since it involves webcams and privacy,
many people have been asking me about it.
For now I will refer both to a Slate article regarding the verdict:
http://j.mp/FOdyWm (Slate)
and my original G+ posting earlier today on this topic, that has generated
some spirited debate in the comments:
http://j.mp/wr3k2W (Google+)
In short, while Tyler Clementi's suicide is a tragedy, I am concerned
that the escalation of this matter from webcam spying by a college
student into the realm of "hate crimes" is inappropriate.
Details in the G+ thread. Your comments are welcome, of course.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
_______________________________________________
privacy mailing list
http://lists.vortex.com/mailman/listinfo/privacy
